Pretoria – A media scrum was still outside a hospital in Pretoria on Monday morning where former president Nelson Mandela was believed to have been admitted.

Despite the cold weather, numerous reporters and photographers were monitoring the two entrances of the big facility.

All parking spots in the street adjacent to the hospital had been taken by 7am.

More than seven outside broadcast vans were on the scene and numerous cameras were focused on the hospital entrances.

Some passers-by enquired from the journalists how Mandela was doing in hospital.

The elder statesman was admitted to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning.

On Saturday, the presidency issued a statement saying Mandela was in a “serious but stable” condition and suffering from a recurring lung infection.

But, since then, no official update has been available. – Sapa